PAJ (journal)

Academic journal

PAJ: A Journal of Performance and ArtDiscipline| Performing arts

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Language| English
Edited by| Bonnie Marranca
Publication details

Former name(s)

Performing Arts Journal

History| 1976-present
Publisher|

MIT Press (United States)

Frequency| Triannually
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4 (alt) * Bluebook (alt)
NLM (alt) * MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4| PAJ
Indexing
CODEN (alt * alt2) * JSTOR (alt) * LCCN (alt)
MIAR * NLM (alt) * Scopus * W&L
ISSN| 1520-281X (print)
1537-9477 (web)

LCCN| 98658205
JSTOR| 1520281X
OCLC no.| 39511092
Links

* Journal homepage
* Online access
* Journal page on Project MUSE

PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art, originally Performing Arts Journal, is a triannual academic journal of the arts that was established in 1976 by Gautam Dasgupta and Bonnie Marranca, who still is the editor-in-chief.[1] It has taken a particular interest in contemporary performance art and features expanded coverage in video, drama, dance, installations, media, and music and publishes essays, interviews and artists' writings, reviews of new exhibitions, performances, and books, and also plays and performance texts from the United States and elsewhere. The journal is published by MIT Press. PAJ Publications, the journal's book division, regularly publishes plays and essay collections on theater and performance.

## Abstracting and indexing

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The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

* Arts and Humanities Citation Index[2]
* Current Contents/Arts & Humanities[2]
* EBSCO databases[3]
* International Bibliography of Periodical Literature[3]
* Modern Language Association Database[3]
* ProQuest databases[3]
* Scopus[4]

## Books

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PAJ Publications, the journal's book division, publishes titles on theater and performance. The book division's long-running series Word Plays was dedicated to new American theatre, while Drama Contemporary collected translations of new plays from across Europe and Asia. Performance Ideas has featured plays, essays, and conversations.

Previously affiliated with Johns Hopkins University Press, PAJ Publications is currently distributed through Theatre Communications Group.[5]

## References

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1. ^ "Editorial Information". direct.mit.edu. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
2. ^ a b "Web of Science Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate Analytics. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
3. ^ a b c d "PAJ". MIAR: Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals. University of Barcelona. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
4. ^ "Source details: PAJ". Scopus Preview. Elsevier. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
5. ^ "PAJ Publications". tcg.org. Retrieved August 9, 2021.

## External links

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* Official website

* Arts portal